~ Perspective from Vancouver

Old Vancouver — the Holly Lodge

On the way home from errands today — passed this building at 1210 Jervis (just off Davie). An old beauty, with Santa beaming from an upstairs window. This is the Holly Lodge, built in 1912, and going strong as a rental apartment building.

It’s the only Vancouver residential apartment building designed by San Francisco based Wright, Rushforth & Cahill. Wright was the lead partner, and originally from England, but Bernard Cahill was the lead designer, from San Francisco. It dates from 1910, and was completed a year later at a cost of $100,000.